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Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 is also called Microsoft 365 or Office 365. It is a cloud-based version of MS
Office. Office 365 includes Exchange Online for email, SharePoint Online for collaboration, Lync
Online for communication, a collection of Office Web Apps and Web-based versions of MS
Office application software.
Office 365 was first announced in October
2010 but was made available in June 2011. EXPLORE MORE (Office 365)
Microsoft had designed new MS Office 365
to replace the MS Business Productivity
Online Suite for corporate users. Office
365 has many plans for home and business
users also on a monthly subscription. One
advantage of Office 365 is that it is regularly
updated approximately every 90 days and
users are not required to pay upgrade fees. 75
Features and Benefits of Office 365
The features and benefits of Office 365 are as follows:
• Explore and Integrate: Office 365 integrates easily with MS Office and other Microsoft
programs. It only takes a few minutes to create a trial account that you can test and integrate
with the cloud.
• Collaborate Anywhere Anytime: Office 365 provides the users web-enabled access to emails,
documents, contacts, and calendars irrespective of the device or browser they use. It is thus
easier to work in a team.
• Stay Up and Running Always: In Office 365, all the applications are run in the cloud and
the data is also stored there. So, all your personal or business documents and apps are always
available even during a natural or man-made disaster such as a flood.
• Security: Office 365 has built-in security. You always know where your data is and who has
access to it. Your data is always safe and secure. You can even remotely delete all data from your
mobile device if it’s lost or stolen.
• No Licensing Issues: Office 365 includes licensing and it can be used by all the employees in the
company. This means everyone has the same version of Microsoft Office and all users receive
upgrades at the same time.
• Get Organised: In Office 365, email, calendar and contacts are all synchronised. When you
update a contact on your mobile phone, it will be automatically updated across all your devices.
You can also access the same data from any device or save a document on your PC and continue
working on it on your smartphone or tablet.
• Real-time Collaboration: Teams can collaborate with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
They can see real-time edits or additions other people are making to a document while working
on it. It also saves each version automatically, so you can revert to older versions easily. This
helps to improve collaboration between employees and departments, which, in turn, results in
improved productivity.

